Who's Your Daddy? Family Structure Differences in Attachment to God

Murunga, Maurice S.; Limke-McLean, Alicia; Wright, Ronald W.

doi:10.1177/009164711704500304

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“…In one early study, Rowatt and Kirkpatrick (2002) found significant but only modest correlations between adult attachment and the anxiety/avoidance dimensions of attachment to God. Other research has begun to address why discrepancies might emerge: Murunga, Limke-McLean, and Wright (2017) recently found evidence that any correspondence between attachment relations to God and human close others is present primarily among children whose parents continued to be married. In contrast, children whose parents divorced tended to show attachments to God that align with the pattern of compensation described above (i.e., insecure attachment toward parents; secure attachment to God).…”

Section: Models For Attachment To Godmentioning

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Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being Outcomes

Keefer

Brown

2018

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Prior research shows that one's relationship with God is often patterned on interpersonal attachment style. In other words, the expectations people have about the supportiveness of close others tend to color perceptions of God. Past research also shows that well-being corresponds with a more secure view of others in attachment relationships, both interpersonal and divine. This raises an important theoretical question: Are the associations between attachment to God and well-being due to the unique nature of that bond or are they merely due to the incidental overlap between human and divine attachment style? We predicted that having a more secure (i.e., less anxious and avoidant) attachment toward God would tend to predict better well-being, even after statistically controlling for interpersonal attachments. We found broad support for this prediction in two large samples over a wide range of well-being indicators. These data suggest that attachment to God uniquely fosters well-being.

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Section: Models For Attachment To Godmentioning

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Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being Outcomes

Keefer

Brown

2018

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“…These children will form secure attachments to older siblings, teachers, youth leaders, or any other available adult with the qualities of an attachment figure. Even though Ainsworth did not include God in the list of substitute attachment figures, one can reasonably assume that God has all the qualities of a perfect attachment figure, and God could become a substitute attachment figure (Cicirelli, 2004; Granqvist, 1998; Granqvist & Kirkpatrick, 2016; Hall, 2007; Hall et al, 2009; Kirkpatrick, 1998; Miner, 2009; Murunga et al, 2017; Rowatt & Kirkpatrick, 2002; Sim & Yow, 2011).…”

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Attachment to God: Narratives of Roman Catholic Priests

Rajagopalreddy

Varghese

2020

Journal of Psychology and Theology

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This narrative analysis was aimed at exploring the attachment to God narratives of 28 middle-aged Roman Catholic Religious priests rendering their service in various settings in South India. The study found that majority of the Roman Catholic priests had developed representations of a secure attachment to God. Twenty-six priests had developed representations of a secure attachment to God, and two priests of an insecure attachment to God. The Majority of the Roman Catholic priests had developed representations of a secure attachment to more than one spiritual attachment figures. Along with God, most priests had also developed representations of a secure attachment to the Virgin Mary. All the major themes related to attachment to God were found in the narratives of the Roman Catholic Priests.

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Father Absence in the Lives of Female African Youth Living in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Gerrand¹,

Nkuna²

2021

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Father absence in the family system is a pervasive, critical social problem in South Africa. It is related to a number of issues such as rape, migration, denied paternity and incarceration. A qualitative case study conducted in Mpumalanga, South Africa, explored how African young women experience absent fathers. Non-probability, purposive and random sampling were used to recruit prospective participants. Data were gathered by personally interviewing twenty research participants, aged between 15 and 25 years. Data were analysed thematically. Findings revealed that young women demonstrate the ability to manage this type of significant ‘loss’ by using Christianity as a constructive coping strategy. The conclusion drawn is that social workers adopting the strengths-based approach and the role of religious constructivist can enhance the healthy psychological, social and emotional development of young women experiencing absent fat

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Who's Your Daddy? Family Structure Differences in Attachment to God

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being Outcomes

Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being Outcomes

Attachment to God: Narratives of Roman Catholic Priests

Father Absence in the Lives of Female African Youth Living in Mpumalanga, South Africa

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